Tongue-support



(No Model.)

J. H. CASSIDY. TONGUE SUPPORT.

No. 458,690. Patented Sept. 1,V 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

JACOB H. OASSIDY, OF LEAVENVVORTH, KANSAS.

TONGUE- SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,690, datedSeptember 1, 1891,.

Application filed May I2, 1891 Serial No. 392,492. (No model.)

To cir/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB H. CAssrnY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Leavenworth, in the county of Leavenworth, State of Kansas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tongue-Supports forVehicles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart hereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in tongue-supports for vehicles;and it consists of the novel construction hereinafter1 fully set forthand described.

This invention is designed to be used with the coil-springtongue-supports illustrated in the accompanying drawings; and itsobjects are, iirst, to provide an adjustment for said coilspringtonguesupport which will be positive and eificient and which may beadjusted at will or whenever the supporter may become worn withouthaving to employ a blacksmith and without bending the shanks of thespring; second, to accomplish this by introducing an adjustment plate orwedge between the ends of the spring and the lower surface of thetongue; third, to attain these ends with simplicity and economy, which Ido by constructing and utilizing the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which- Figure I is a perspective view of thefront part of the running-gear of a vehicle elevated to an anglesufficient to show the inanner in which my invent-ion is applied; andFig. II is a detail in perspective of the adjustmentplate, showing slotsand bolts by which it is adjusted.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A represents the front portion ofthe running-gear of a wagon mounted on wheels B B and provided wth atongue a.

O O are the coil-springs,suitably strung on the tongue-rod, their shankssecured in position on the bottom of the axle, and, if found desirable,are held there by loops c c or their Y equivalent.

c c are the front extensions of said coilspring supports, which bearagainst the underside of the adjustment-plate D, which in turn issecured to the lower surface of the tongue by suitable bolts D and D2.The shank of said adjustmentplate is provided with an elongated adjustment-slot d, through which the adjusting bolt -screw D2 passes. Theend of this shank is provided with a perforation CZ', through whichpasses the keeper-bolt D', which is for the purpose of holding. the adjustment-plate rigidly in position.

D3 are the extensions or wings of the adjustment-plate, provided attheir outward eX- tremities with downwardly-extending lugs cl2 d2, whichform receptacles and rests for the front ends or shanks of the supportsheretofore referred to.

Heretofore the only way in which the supporter could be adj usted was todetach it from the vehicle and subject the shanks to a heating process,and then bend same to the required form. This frequently resulted intaking the temper from the coils and leaving them almost worthless. Nowby using my adjustment-plate the supporter may be adjusted at will byslackening up on the slotbolt D2 and removing the keeper-bolt D', thensliding the ad justment-plate forward or back, as desired, and againseating the keeper-bolt and tightening the slot-bolt.

Having th us fully described my invention, what I claim as being new,and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. Incombination with a coil-spring O,the

. adjustable plate for a tongue-support, constructed with theperforation cl and an elongated adjustable slot d, the extending wingsD3, with lugs d2, and the keeper and adjusting bolts D and D2, operatingin the perforation d and slot d, as set forth and described.

2. In combination with the front gear of a vehicle, a tongue-supportconsisting of a vplate D, having in its end a perforation d and a slotd, wings D3, and downwardly-extending lugs d2, boltsD and D2, passingthrough said perforation and slot, and coiled springs C, coiled aroundthe tongue rod andF having their rear ends secured to the lower face ofthe axle and their front ends resting up against the lower face of thewings D3, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JACOB H. CASSIDY.

Witnesses:

W. S. BROWN, A. P. FONDA.

